Terrifying moment water gushes from ceiling at 2am on Carnival Cruise ship

Passengers aboard the Carnival Cruise ship Radiance were jolted awake at 2am by water gushing from the ceiling, leading to a night of chaos and fear.
A passenger named Amber described the ordeal as “absolutely terrifying” and took to TikTok to share videos of the incident. One video shows water pouring down in torrents along a corridor while bewildered passengers scramble to protect their possessions.
Amber waited hours for staff to respond, documenting the flood’s aftermath in her stateroom and posting it online with the caption: “At 2am we were woken up with water gushing into our room from the ceiling on the Carnival Radiance. Security in this video telling me I can’t record. It was absolutely terrifying. Still waiting on corporate to contact us.”
Carnival Cruise Line explained to news.com.au that the flood resulted from “a burst water line” impacting less than two percent of the ship’s rooms.
They stated that the area was promptly cleaned and the pipe repaired. The Mirror is seeking further comments from the cruise company.
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The ship underwent a $200m (£165m) refurbishment in 2020. Besides sailing off the coast of southwest USA, the vessel also operates routes to Hawaii and parts of Mexico.
All its voyages depart from Long Beach, California.
The video sparked a wave of fear among viewers, many of whom found the idea of waking up to water flooding into the ship utterly horrifying.
“The way I thought this was a literal Titanic experience museum or something at first,” one person commented.
Another added: “I see that I’m going straight to the main deck, life jacket on just in case. I’m not getting stuck behind one of their gates.
A seasoned cruise-goer said: “I’ve been on several Carnival cruises and never had an issue but if I saw that much water I would absolutely panic.”

Of course, modern cruise lines have highly regulated life-saving facilities for the extremely rare event of an emergency requiring passenger evacuation. The number of lifeboats on cruise ships is determined by SOLAS, the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea.
Each ship must have lifeboats located on each side of the ship, with a minimum of 37.5% of the ship’s passenger capacity accommodated on each side. However, most cruise ships have a far greater capacity, with some accommodating around 150% of the total number of people onboard.